A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPUTING COSTS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR ENLISTED MEN NEEDED TO BRING THEM TO THE "JOURNEYMAN" LEVEL. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING INVOLVES LEARNING OR IMPROVING JOB PERFORMANCE UNDER ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS. AT PRESENT THERE IS NO SYSTEM WITHIN THE NAVY TO "COST…

A SERIES OF REGIONAL CONFERENCES WAS HELD IN EIGHT CITIES ACROSS THE NATION IN 1965-66 AS THE THIRD PHASE OF A MAJOR EFFORT BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TO IMPROVE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS. NEW WAYS WERE SOUGHT TO SOLVE OLD PROBLEMS, INCLUDING LACK OF TIME TO PLAN AND…

Because knowledge of educational opportunities is one of the most important factors in choosing a career, the objectives of this unit are to provide both the leader and American Indian girls involved in the career development program with general information about educational opportunities and to provide sources when specific information is…

To show a variety of careers and how and why each woman chose her field of study, this unit presents the stories of both historical and contemporary Indian women who have excelled in their professions. Although numerous and conflicting stories have been written on the lives of the historical women, the unit provides only one version of each life.…

The unit includes an introduction, "About Careers," which explains to American Indian parents the changes that have taken place in the work of Indian women from long ago to the present. The section includes information about women workers and the many career opportunities now available to them, as well as some of the barriers they face.…

During the 1979-1980 school year Project Primary Reading Objectives for Bilingual Education (P.R.O.B.E.) was involved in improving the rate of reading growth and cognitive development of four and five year olds from the Bronx, New York. In bilingual classes that were conducted primarily in Spanish, the 153 program participants received instruction…

This publication contains reports, papers, and presentations from the International Seminar on Research in Adult Education and Development. The keynote address, The Role (Past, Present, and Future) of Adult Education in Development, reviews the five-year Design for Action from the 1976 International Conference on Adult Education and Development.…

This report synthesizes the discussions and the recommendations of a conference on lifelong learning held at Wingspread (Racine, Wisconsin) in November, 1980. Co-sponsored by the National Retired Teachers Association, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Commission on Education for Aging of the Adult Education Association/USA, the…

This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-year colleges and adult education, but it can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the seven instructional units in Part II is establishing a business. Unit E focuses on the three major types of…

This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-year colleges and adult education, but it can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the eight instructional units in Part III is operating a business. Unit B focuses on good financial management…

This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-year colleges and adult education, but can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the eight instructional units in Part II is operating a business. Unit C focuses on record keeping. It introduces…

This three-part curriculum for entrepreneurship education is primarily for postsecondary level, including four-year colleges and adult education, but it can be adapted for special groups or vocational teacher education. The emphasis of the eight instructional units in part III is operating a business. Unit H focuses on business protection. It…

This manual is intended for use in training a local career education program design group in the techniques involved in producing a program design document by giving group members step-by-step, hands-on experience. These materials, representing a one-and-one-half-day workshop consist of ten activities. Topics covered in the activities are an…

This supplement is designed to provide motivational ideas for teaching the competencies in the curriculum guide, D.E. II--Course of Study (see note). Effort is made to provide ideas for teaching specific objectives for which there was not already a method recommended. Many of the suggested activities are ready to duplicate, trace, or implement…

Comparative international adult education, defined as that field in which adult educators from various countries compare their own institutions and practices with those of their counterparts in other nations, is examined. Provided is an account of adult education in nine European socialist countries (including the Soviet Union), as well as…